Where does “lous” come from?

lous (Middle English) comes from Old English lūs, from West Germanic *lūs, from Germanic *lūs, from Proto-Indo-European lewH- — louse.

lous (Middle English): louse; A person or thing worthy of contempt or...

Definitions

  1. louse; A person or thing worthy of contempt or...

Ancestry of “lous”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Englishlūslouse
2West Germanic*lūs—
3Germanic*lūs—
4Proto-Indo-EuropeanlewH-louse

Words derived from “lous”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European lewH- →Every word from Germanic *lūs →Every word from West Germanic *lūs →